Vice President J.D. Vance said that the White House is withholding $1.3 billion in federal Medicaid reimbursements to California, alleging that the state is not taking Medicaid fraud “seriously,” NBC News reported May 13. CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, said…
Legal & Regulatory Issues
In 2025, California fined a hospital about $74,000 for three penalties, including a $42,750 administrative penalty for a medication error that beget an immediate jeopardy, according to The Modesto Bee. In January 2024, CMS placed Modesto, Calif.-based Memorial Medical Center…
A Houston Methodist employee was attacked the morning of May 11 at a Texas Medical Center parking garage and was released from the hospital the same day, a health system spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s. Three things to know: 1. A…
Distributors of mifepristone, an FDA-approved drug to induce an abortion, may continue shipping the medication for now, according to a May 11 order from the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court initially made this order May 4 before extending it May…
The former CEO of an unnamed, publicly traded healthcare services company was sentenced to five years in prison for his role in a $212 million scheme to defraud investors. Five things to know: 1. Parmjit “Paul” Parmar, of Colts Neck,…
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San Antonio-based Laurel Ridge Treatment Center, a 330-bed behavioral health facility owned by King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services, will lay off approximately 648 employees weeks after CMS terminated its Medicare provider agreement. CMS terminated the facility’s Medicare agreement…
Former hospital executive Yorai “Benny” Benzeevi, MD, surrendered his medical license effective May 7 following his conviction in a corruption case tied to Tulare (Calif.) Regional Medical Center, according to the state medical board. According to a Medical Board of…
The U.S. Court of International Trade has dealt the Trump administration a second major legal blow on tariffs, striking down the 10% global import surcharge imposed after the Supreme Court invalidated the president’s first round of levies in February. The…
A departing senior Elevance Health executive is pushing back against demands from the Justice Department to depose him in a Medicare Advantage fraud lawsuit against the insurer that stretches back several years. On May 6, Elevance asked a New York…
Bellaire, Texas-based Harris Health System filed a lawsuit against Elevance’s Wellpoint Texas, formerly Amerigroup Texas, due to alleged payment failures for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries, according to a March complaint. Harris Health began flagging payment delays in 2020. Following an escalation in 2021,…